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I noticed that on some of the other threads that there are resources stickies for the varying specialities. Is it possible to get one for this thread? I did a internet search for disaster nursing but there did not seem to be much information.

I was finally able to get the answer. There is not a specific course for suturing and casting for a NP but it is covered is the " health assessement" courses.

I was finally able to get the answer. There is not a specific course for suturing for a NP but it is covered is the " health assessement" courses.

Thank you.

Thank you for the latest replies.

I was looking at few NP programs online but none seemed to mention suturing. Might it be listed under something else besides suturing i.e. advanced nursing care?

I was looking at few NP programs online but none seemed to mention suturing or casting. I assumed that a NP could do so. Is or isn't part of the scope of practice? Thank you for your replies.

Thank you very much.

Public Health vs Community Health; what's the difference? I was perusing a site and it listed nursing specialities with the two aforementioned ones. Is there a difference and if so what?

What are some analogies that you might give been the two professions?

Thanks for the replies.

Again, as an outsider, the terms seem more political to me than a great divide of different paradigms. As I mentioned earlier to me it seems like the models are not different per se but different parts of of the whole. Nurses monitored/assessed patient health and Doc's worked on diagnosis and treatment. What interests me in the field is I like the idea of helping people achieve health. I see doctors and nurses on the same team with the same goal just different jobs.

Again, as an outsider, the terms seem more political to me than a great divide of different paradigms. As I mentioned earlier to me it seems like the models are not different per se but different parts of of the whole. Nurses monitored/assessed patient health and Doc's worked on diagnosis and treatment. What interests me in the field is I like the idea of helping people achieve health. I see doctors and nurses on the same team.

Someone stated, and this is a paraphrase: that the ANA is more concerned about professional recognition instead of improving working conditions. Is that a fair statement? What would you prefer?

On another site someone posted this: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reality is that there is "nursing" model is just a stupid catch phrase that nurses use to try and claim that they provide "different" and "better" care than doctors. Its used as a ploy to increase nurses scope of practice. They try to claim that doctors have no say over what they do because they operate under a "nursing" model whereas doctors are on a "medical" model. Its all a bunch of BS pandering and propaganda. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- As an outsider, I don't quite comphrehend the Doc vs Nurses battle. I always asummed that it was medical team that was working together. Sort of a technician working in conjunction with an engineer. Or in perhaps another naive way I thought that nurses monitored/assessed patient health and Doc's worked on diagnosis and treatment. So with that bieng said what is the differnce between the two models?

Hospitals, Clinics and Doctor's Offices what are the pro's and con's of each? Thanks for your responses.

Thank you for your replies.

Is learning how to suture a basic part on an RN's training? Or, is it a part of C.E.? Is you used only in the E.D.? Or, other departments also?

I am a tad suprised by the lack of overhelming response. From all the griping I thought there would be more. Oh well.... Suzanne4, I hope that I have your luck in the job field. Was it a conscious choice to only be in certain environments or it just worked out that way? To TraumaRUs and RN Kitty Kat, I thought my suggestion was an easy way to canvass for support by just writing a letter. I was hoping that someone who knew the field could draft a letter and post it here then all one had to do was print and mail it. With the number of RN's working as nurses or not, the sizeable number of nurse could be a potent political force.

I really respect you who are in the nursing field. To the point that I will be giving up a career in overseas education to return to the States and join your ranks. The thread on " Should Foreign Nurses work in the US" brought something to light for me. The problem is not the fileld of nursing but the conditions that nurses work under which causes nurses to leave the field. Someone mentioned that hospital lobbies keep conditions as they are. IF this is the case if all nurses made a concerted effort to change things with all those numbers could we not get someone to hear you? What if every nurse wrote to their congressman, senator, representive, govenor, the president, the GOP and the democrats? Not only write but write A LOT. Every day or week etc... and just keep writing bombarding their office with request for change. Bug them to death. Annoy them to the point where they will assist you. We live in a country where we can take actions that will affect our welfare. As a newbie I might be missing somethings here. PLEASE enlighten me if I have made an error in my proposal. But this in not partisian politics. But I truly would like to help those in this field and I think that your voices need to be heard. If my idea is lame then please offer some other proposals that may assist the nursing field. PS. Does the ANA do anything like this?

That's why I qualified my question.

Thank you for your replies.

Thanks for your replies.

Some posts here site that there are not enough jobs to go around while others say that there are. What is the fact of the matter? Where can I get accurate information? Thank you.